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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Patrick Onen and Rodney Muhumuza

New malaria drug for babies offers hope to health workers in Uganda

Uganda New Malaria Drug - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Alice Nekesa did not know she was infected with malaria-causing parasites until it was too late. She was in the fourth month of pregnancy last year when she started bleeding, a miscarriage later attributed to untreated malaria in her.

The Ugandan farmer said recently that she regretted the loss of what would have been her second child “because I didn’t discover malaria and treat it early.”

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